On the left is Runner up Vivien Thomson from Muttama next to NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson and on the right is Isobel Knight winner of the NSW RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year award 2013

The ACCC is investigating Coles and Woolworths for bullying business tactics that have forced some food suppliers to end their relationships with the supermarket giants, while others struggle to survive, writes Hagar Cohen.

A proposal to move the Illawarra region's aeromedical helicopter service from Albion Park to Nowra has won support from some local politicians, but drawn strong criticism from community representatives.

Queensland's Liberal National Party (LNP) president says the party did not need to alert Premier Campbell Newman when it was notified that Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll had sought money from Woolworths on behalf of a retail lobby group last year.

Merenia Donne established a charity to train disability assistance dogs after suffering a serious car accident in which her dog saved her life by pulling her from the wreckage. Since then, the Kotuku Foundation Assistance Animals Aotearoa has been training dogs to help people deal with a range of conditions including agoraphobia, autism, OCD and Parkinson's. Their first diabetic response dog is now in its final six months of training.